I have made a different version of this for many years now, and it is an all time favorite. I have always used chicken broth instead of the beef broth and still use the ground beef. I also put two cans of corn in it, one yellow and one white corn. I use pinto beans instead of kidney beans, I only use the can of Rotel and not the can of diced tomatoes. I don’t use the garlic salt or salt. With all the can ingredients I don’t drain any of them, it helps having the extra liquid and gives the soup more flavor. When I got the recipe many years ago from a co-worker she used pinto beans and kidney beans, and instead of the white corn she put in hominy. I really don’t care for kidney beans or hominy so that is why I switched it up with the black beans and white corn. There are many possibilities of changing this wonderful soup to your taste, it’s just so versatile.

Hi Alyssa ~ I haven’t personally tried freezing this one, but here’s what one reader who made it said: “It was great! I dumped all the ingredients into a gallon freezer bag, then thawed it the night before I put it in the crockpot. I turned the crockpot on low and when I got home 10 hours later it was ready!” Hope that helps!

I made the taco soup last night. It was really good. My husband said it reminded him of chili. Either way it was yummy, yummy, yummy. Thank you for posting such easy recipes. Tonight we are going to try the orange chicken. I’m pretty excited

I made this soup a few days ago as an alternative to my usual vegetables soup. My husband and I loved it! The only adjustment I made was to sauté one medium diced onion instead of using onion powder. Perfect for a cold day. Thanks for the recipe.

How many servings does this recipe make? I just received a new crock pot for Christmas, but it is a small one (4 quart) and I’m cooking for only one or two. Please respond, I’m at the very least the third person to ask this question, and I really want to try this.

This is hands down the greatest soup I’ve made in a long time. Different from what I’m used to. I am in heaven. It is just so tasty. I didn’t think using just one can of everything would make enough soup, but I used one can of everything, and it made plenty of soup. I topped it with the Fritos and the sour cream and the onion because I had no scallion. It is simply amazing. Thank you!!

To make things easy for recipes like this, I buy my hamburger meat in bulk at sams club and cook and freeze it in one pound bags as soon as I get home. So it makes taco, soup, and sloppy Joe nights a breeze!

Question for you – I love crock pot recipes because I can set them, go to work and come home to a ready made meal. However, most of your recipes call for intervention after 3 hours and I am gone much longer than that. Do you know if these recipes will work if you put in all of the ingredients on low for 8 hours?? 🙂 thanks!

Hi Robbin ~ if cooking on LOW, you can typically just double the cook time that a recipe calls for when cooked on HIGH. So if it cooks for 4 hours on HIGH, you’ll often be able to cook for 8 hours on LOW. Every Crock Pot cooks somewhat differently, so you’ll just want to keep an eye on them at the end. Hope that helps! 🙂